and toub.
A Commarms wren a &*n..—The Bos
ton Josineats New Yea -correspondent re
late" the following inekleM:
O necfour larftel-haluSdithunthants is a
loading cad influential Director in one of
the Mutual Life Insuranai
Elompaniesr -
One day this case came to his hiaoirlefige.,
One of thosewho had insured *w years in
his Company - 410 d. . He had been rich.—
He was poor - in% the close of life. It wan
the old story ... of ibitene and poverty , . He
paid the premitan is long as he could, and
when he could-not buy bread heeould not
keep- his policy atm. And a month or
two before he died he failed to pay, and
the benefit of years was lost to his family.
Thisgentleman found the family in want
—a mother with several children oomplete-
ly destitute. He took charge of the. fu-'
neral. His madeprovision for the present
comfort of those born to wealth and train- .
ed to affluence. He took the poncy and
presented it to the Comyany. He told the,
story of the man of fallen fortunes, refer
red to the books of the Company to show
how much he had paid, and told the Direc
tors that he had ceased paying only when
he had nothing to give. The - corporation
was unmoved. "Business waif business.—
A contract was a contract. Had be paid
the last premium, all would have been well.
The case was bird; bfit it must take the
course of thousands of others." And die
request to allow the policy was denie&—
The gentleman-who presented the policy
arose and addreeSed themeeting: He told
them if, under the circumstances; the sum
mentioned in that policy was not allowed,
his connection with that Company would
end from that hour. He showed the great
wrong be done and the great principle
of t involved—the claims of the widow
and the cry of the fatlerless. • He prevail
ed. The,polisy was allowed. The sum of
$12,000 was liven into his hands. He car.
ried the glad news to the broken-hearted
woman—doubly sorryful for her children's
sake. There was joy in that dwelling that
night; and the blessiniof those ready to per
ish came down on the head of that good man
who proved himself a friend indeed. For
once it seemed that a corporation had a
soul I
CHILD Multratx.—While all is so quiet just
now in this city, Satan appears to be active
through his agents elsewhere. The Cleve
land papers report the arrest of Henry
Flecker, a German shoemaker in tinit city,
for the crime of murdering his illegitimate
child. The mother of the child was the
sister of Flecker's wife, and lived in his fam
ily, and an improper intercourse existed.
Their adulterous intimacy being likely to
result in embarrassing consequetices, be
removed her to another boarding place, in
order not to arouse the suspicions of his
wife, where she Was on Wednesday deliv.
ered of a child. With the purpose of re
moving the evidence of their guilt, Flecker
conceived the idea of killing the child.—
He took it-to a hog pen, backof . the house,
where, aceordiug to his own confession,
made to the Coroner,
he first hung ipi s c i by
the neck and then inflicted a deep in
its throat with his knife ! Such col brood
ed depravity is almost too awful for belief.
He then threw the body into the'pen and
covered it over with ashes and litale. Sus
picions were excited in the family where
his sister-in-law was confined, and these re
sulted in the discovery of the dead body of
the infant. They were committed to an'
swer. The papers are filled with sickens
ing tales of crime, proceeding from causes
like the above, and when we take into so-
count the probability that not one, in five
of the atrocious crimes committed as a
consequence of licentiousness are exposed,
we may well shudder at the thought of liv
ing in such a world, and ask what hope
has the moral reformer, or what has he to
base a hope upon ?
DONISTIC TRADEDlZS.—Tragedies, partic
ularly those of a domestic character, we
now the order of the day. The details of
a case at Cincinnati were given in our last.
The Lafayette (la,) Cburier has the particu
lars of a still greater one at Monticello, In•
diana. which occurred Wit Toc,Alr
Mr: Arthur Burns, an old farmer who had
been divorced from his wife, but was again
married to the same woman after a separa
tion of several years, deliberately loaded
his gun with heavy slugs andshot her thro'
the head as she sat knitting before the fire.
Reloading his gun he placed the muzzle to
his mouth, and pulling the trigger with his
toe, blew his brains out. He was institntly
killed. The unfortunate woman, although
shot through the brain, lingered a few
hours, when she expired in great agorrp—
The Utica Observer learns that at Herkimer
N. Y., Cornelius Collins of that place wall
at the Railroad ticket office, about to take
the train for New York and elope with a
strange woman, carrying off his child and
leaving his wife behind. Mrs. Collins fol
lowed the party to the ticket office and
seized her child. Collins drew a pistol and
fired for the purpose of killing the child, as
he said. The bait missed the intended
victim but shattered the right hand of the
mother. Collins was arrested and lodged
in Jail. The excitement was so great that
coffins barely escaped being lynched.
ger A gentleman of Boston, who is a
practical machinist, is construeting a steam
er upon a novel plan, by which he proposes
to obtain a speed of 30 or 35 miles an hour.
lie has made experiments with a model on
a small settle, which were very successful.
and he is now building one sixty feet in
length, td further test the practicability and
value of the invention. lie relies upon
Loth air and water to obtain the propelling
force. —With machinery in the stern of the
vessel, upon the propeller principle, he
proposes to obtain a speed of twelve miles
an hour, which he says is the highest rate
that can be realized from that agony. In
the bow of the vessel, and worked by the
same engines, he places an apparatus some
thing like the wings of a wind mill, which
i s to make 500 revolutions a minute, and
by its action upon the atmosphere will pull
the vessel along, he calculates, at a speed
much greater than has heretofore been at
attained.
An important decision was deliver
ed in the Supreme Court, at Washington,
on Monday, by the Chief Justice, in the
case of the United States vs. Sherman H.
Booth, the Supreme Court vs. error to Su
preme Court of Wisconsin. The case in
volved the right of State Courts to release
on habeas corpus parties in custody under
process of the United States. This was
done by the Court below, in the instance of
an arrest under jud gm ent by the District
Court of the United States for a violation
of. the fugitive Slave Law. The whole con
duct of the Court below was held to be to
tally illegal, and virtually revolutionary ;
that the Marshal had a right, and it was
his duty to resist by force any such interfe
rence on the tart of the State power ; arul
that the Fugitive Slave Act was clearly con
stitutional.
- Smith O'Brien was urgently pressed
to drink by his friends in New York on
Saturday. He continually and firmly re.
fused—informing them that he had not
swallowed any intoxicating poison in twenty
five years, and would not begin now. A
rare avis! indeed. Of all public men matt
wonderful in this particular. In his beat
of noble qualities, this firmness in resisting
tbfi influence of a bad habit is most noble.
1118. The Cbicago De/twang has issued p
supplement cOhlainingforty -seven columns
of closely printed mal,ter, representing d‘•
Unguents on the tax list of that City for the
post year. Not less than thirfentiliowasad
are thus advertised forLthe non-payment of
taxes I The financial crisis seems to have
laid its hand heayily on Chicago.
lir A convention of eolored person,
held atChattuun C. Wq decided to appoina
eve commisadoners topromed to Afr ic a f4l
the purpose of selecting a suitable Walk
for the establishment of an industrial co
on;. Ills the purpose' of this party to pro
ceed toLal thence go to the interior and
secure t he me for the cottony.
THE OB
B. F. fiLO.rdK, Edito
Munk •150 Pan ItILILE IN AD
,
SATURDAY MORNV; MARCH
Nalmwatict State Convention.
This body met at liarAdturg oa Wednesday.
The telegraph informs ws, that it was perms
dly organised y
t l ,
re the selection of Hon. Aa-
IpLD PLIMaI, of entimigo, as 1 1 "tmaidem. Alter
do orgaitimtion,, n a motion that the chair
appoint * cannel on Platform, an amend
ment we o ff ered that' the Convention select
the committee : e amendment was voted
doter, yObnis9, na a 66; the motion prevailed,
and the President appointed the committee,
then the Convention adjourned till evening.
Upon the reassembling of the Convention, the
committee made report in substance as fol . -
lows: lot. The Cony lion expresses una
bated confidence in ent Buchanan; car
ried unanimouslr. His settlement of the
right of search and qu eting the troubles in
Kansas, etc., entitle to esteem, gratitude
and confidence. Bd. Favoring incidentSl and
discriminating protect lob to iron and csl, and
to avoid debt, by a revitfion of the tariff,. An
amendment teas offered to erase "incidental"
and insert "adequate encouragement;" *greed
to. 4th. Rettommends as economical an ad
ministiation as is consistent with the protec
tion of oar rights. sth. That the acquisition
of Cubs is of vast importance and would cheek
the slave trade, ik,c. 6th. Gives the President
the power to enforce transit treaties. 7th. Re
newed approbation of popular sovereignty.
Bth. Approval of Senator Bigler's conduct,
ability, consistency and sound national Demo
cracy. Mr. Lamberton moved to Insert an ap
proval of Oov. Packer's State policy. The
Speaker decided it out of order. 9th. Opposes
a reduction of the present sources of revenue.
10th. Recommends an Independent State Trea
sury. 11th. Declares opposition to monopo
lies. The resolutions were passed.
Mr. Lumberton then renewed his motion for
a resolution approving of the administration
of Oov. Pacirelt, which after a long and ramb
ling debate was lost. the result of the bal
loting for nominations has not come to hand.
at. Clair Flats Bunoombe.
At the recent session of C'ongfess a bill
was passed appropriating money to deepen
the channel across the St. Clair flats. The
President, however, deemed it his duty to
withhold his;signatttre, and thus the bill
failed to become a law. Upon this the op
position, papers have set up a hue and cry
full of misrepresentation and malignity.—
One would think, from the tenor of such
erit cisms, there was an absolute necessity
for e money proposed by ,the vetoed bill
to be expended. But, we apprehend, such
is rapt the fact. Interested as we of the
Lake Shore are in the navigation of the
lakes, we deeply 'regret that the President
should, from any muse have deemed it
necessary to veto such a bill—but when we
look at all the Circumstances of the case
we do not wonder that ho did so. The
;
treasury was empty. Congress had failed
to make provision for many of the most
ordinary necessities of the government,
and doubtless the President felt that he
had no alternative to withholding his ap
proval from bills the appropriations in
which were not actually necessary to keep
the government in motion. He has no
doubts of the olustituttonality of appropri
ations like that !tor theßt.Cl.tess-be .Fs
inwaysiarrecrest!thean When he was in Con
gress, and for hai-bor improvement appro
priations, indeed, much less national in
their character than that for the Flats.—
Fortunately these was no immediate abets.
lute necessity for this appropriation. The
last appropriatlen completed the making
of a perfect chtnnel through the whole
' length of the flats of sufficient depth, with
the present staoe of water, to float the
largest vessels which navigate the lakes.—
The present stalie of water will not be ma
terially diminished for a year or two ;
'meanwhile the Federal treasury will have
regained a condition warranting appropri
ations of this nature. The bill passed both
houses by very decisive majorities. The
majority for it hi the House wits fifty-five.
The former appropriation was' made by a
vote in each lioaseof more than two-thirds.
So there is nothinger That the navigation
of the St. Clairi Flats *ill not he prop e rly
eared for hereafter.
ASSISTANT UNITED STIATES ATTIiIRNEV itN
f.RA l'ittaburg Dist saysi '• In the
Civil Appropriation Kill pal Congr e s.s,
an assistant waiii.granted to the Attorney
General at a salary of $3OOO. Although it
was the creation of a new office, it pawed
quietly thmugh without attracting atten.
tion. This °Him is, beyond doubt, ono
whic)cluts long been necessary, an the du.
ties which devolve upon the Attorney (len
end, are onerous and constantly accumula
ting. The position which A. B. iFeAtmosT,
Esq., of this city, bolds in .ludge Black's
Ofliee, is equivalent to Assistant Attorney
General, and we presume Mr. M'CALNONT
will be the first incumbent of the position
'which Congress has now created."
We take pleasure in adding that a better
appointment could not be made. Mr.
M'CAtmosr is eminently • qualified to per
form the arduous duties of the office, and
is withal a whole-souled Democrat and gen-
tleman
'sir It ie retorted that Governor Packer
and Adjutant General Wilson have under
consideration fle propriety of selecting a
site for imbibe!, encampment of the volun
teers of the State. If such should be their
intention, we . kope they will succeed bet
ter than they did at Williamsport, or what
would be more sensible, abandon the pro
ject 0/together.
rl
- Hon. JOHN MARRON, 3d Assistant
:', Genf* who died at Washington
, unday oll' last reek, entered the Post
'De . .. .nt as \ a clerk in 1830, rose
i . tioh 'to the position of
!Lelork . 1836, and to that, of Third
1. , • t P. tmaster Gemtral in: :
n est 1846.
I:.tspi te
of the firm:aloha affair; of
Depart ent for , nearly treaty-three
was eh rived by great ability and
1
by
Chi
His
the
A 'verous German, I awned
b }tilde .' • • er, "doing bradneme in
atreet, N was arrested,the o t her day,
with l killing and skinning a horse,
he int4nded to sell form t to the
. people in the vicinity. The Dutch.
ntypeorefil to be quite astonished, that
old be *en into custody lat all.—
said they had often made good
lot horse Sea, and they hadlfosnid it
1
ERVER.
Whilst the better portion of the /awl
out preei - are laboring to inaugurate * high-
er standard of excellence In journalism,
whilst they ate seeking to makeit the true
and honest conservator of the rights of the
people, and the manly exponent of sound
moraliq and social and political economy,
there is a class of papers which seem to
strive with renewed effort to make the press
the shameless Medium of vulgar scandal
and dirty acturility, and by their outra
geous, indecent, and untruthful publica
tions, cast a stigma upon the entire profes
sion. Liberty of the press is with this lat
ter class not simply licentiousness--it is
atrocious blackguardiszn and blasphems?.
With them principles are nothing ; gbod
breeding is a thing to be despised ; mind
ity is scouted ; decency is scorned ; is
sneered at and set at defiance ; and! the
disapprobation of respectable citizens is
their greatest incentive to persist in t t heir
labor of detraction and infamy. The is
no depth of villiany and meanness shat
they will not stoop too in the gratification
of their unholy Malice ; there is no
meter so pure that they will not seek ki tar
nish by their vile imputations ; there is no
home so sacred that they will not plat to
destroy by their infernal fabrications.—
Their mission is to war against public mor
als, to disparage goodness, to stigmatize
merit and respectability, to profess a devo
tion to public interests the more effectual
ly to stab private character, to fermentdis
cord and sow dissensions in every commu
nity, to foster and encourage violence and
crime. The entire truthfulness of what
we say will not for a moment be denied by
any candid and observingeitizen. It is ad
mitted by all, and deplored by every well
wisher of society.
9, 1859.
J ►.i=iJ~ is
The cause, or causes, of all this must be
apparent to careful, thinking men. The
indifference of society which does not seek
to protect itself, the reprehensible custom
of overlooking grave offences against law
and order, the morbid appetite for scandal,
and the natural depravity of unnatural
criminals, who, having no characters them
selves, seek to drag others down to their
own degraded level—all these combine to
encourage a reckless and criminal press in
a course as unjustifiable as it is disreputable.
The worst feature of the case is that the
courteous and respectable members of the
profession are too frequently classed with
the guilty and unscrupulous, and thus gross
injustice is done to those who aspire to
make their vocation what it should be, use
ful, noble, and honorable. The public is
too careless in failing to discriminate be
tween the high minded, moral and reputa
ble, and the vicious, impertinent and scan
dalous. It is not exacting enough in be
half of a high-toned morality, and th►e en
forcement of a respect for the commontsit
usages of refined society, and is too lax in
holding to a strict accountability those who
are in a measure the instructors of the
young. It does not exercise a sufficiently
rigid scrutiny over the public channels of
information. The consequence is that bad
men are allowed to poison our literature
and pollute the pages of journalism with
the scum and filth of vulgar slang and pot
house abuse.
Having spoken of the cause and conse-
quences let us speak briefly of the remedy.
We are told that there are laws to protect
.society against a licentious prow_ The in
wry AA t aces w &MAW' laws anent adequate
protection to individuals and tothe public,
and, if so, why are they not enforced? Is
it not a notorious fact that however outra
geous and :unwarrantable may be the as
saults of a depraved press, it, is almost im
possible to convict the publishers of libel,
and even a conviction carries with it hut a
trivial punishment. not at all commensu
rate with the offense. The indiffivence of
'urora and the timidity of the courts allow
offenders to go unwhipt of justice, and a
trifling penalty but adds new fury to the
stream of scandal and calumny. The most
effectual remedy would seem to the en
tire withholding of patronage from scurril
ous sheets. But hundreds who condemn
their abominable publications and-shame
ful indecency, support them by paying
the very money which gives them the pow
er to continue their injurious existe•nce.—
Men who would scorn to admit a low bred
newspaper cuilatnniator to the society of
their homes and families, will pay for his
infamous sheet, and lay it teeming with his
vulgar emanations before the household I .
What kind of consistency or morality i 5
there in this? What wonder that villians
who have cheated the iienitentiary should
scandalize journalism, when they can get
the encouragement of the respectable in
this better and more surely than in any
other vocation
We assume then, that, public indiffer
ence, judicial lenience, and a yielding rind
encouraging respectability, give disreputa
ble men a license to persist in a war upon
the most sacred rights of individuals and
society, and against morality and law. In
this state of the case there seems to be but
one effectual mode of redress, and that is
the law of violence ; a law which is as fear
ful in its consequences as it is at variance
with the best interests of every civilized
land. Every orderly citizen must deplore
a violation of law, or a state of affairs which
in the remotest sense justifies the violation,
but they cannot do otherwise than put the
most charitable construction upon the acts
of men, who, exasperated by oft repeated
and unprovoked assaults through an abu
sive press, shall take the law into their
own hands and administer summary pun
ishment upon their assailants.
The respectable press owes a duty to it
self in this matter. It Should not simply
discourage and discountenance newspaper
scurrility, but it should refuse to recognize
in any way, papers which have neither the
self-respect to be decent, nor that refine
ment, truthfulness and courtesy, so essen
tial to the influence, reliability, and use
fulness of journalism. This is a plain duty
which ought not to be ignored or overlook
ed by any journalist who desires to see his
vocation honored and respected by the
good, tho wise, and the virtuous.
---
Mir A. writer in a Boston evening paper
airs his I sentiments in this wise: "Who
dOes noti enjoy the country in July—that
Month s. redolent of now mown hay, when
strong Men wield their scythes, and blithe
mitidenslsci gracefully use the fork and hay
rake ?" They are a very premature people
i Boston.
1111$-' In Wheeling, Va., an old inaujfilio hue
tog been euppprted at the public IMAM., du
been diseeworod to bate about $40,000 at inter
eel in Ohio.
The Weethigkm Homicide.
There has b.e, a good deal of siekly senti
mentality,emisplaoed both
for the itetwirii# the dieds'exPeilded by the
public press wrier the OM* keriakki sad its
attendant eimagesocei 4"W. That
a man should do r th e his wife or
daughter seems to us not at all strange; that
in doing so he tommila werime against society
—that be transgresses the law of God, and
ntn4Me, hiMself amenable for the consequen
t," of aolleks this and in the world to
done we do not: deny. But while we admit
this, while our Whole wave revolts at such a
deed of blood, we are bee to say that until
that society whisk he outrages provides ade
quate penalties ter The punishment of the se
ducer the hand of justice should at least be
tempered with Miley; and the voice of eon.
denmation'parthdly hushed against the slayer.
There are some crimes which no law can reach.
That of Kg, watkof this class. It was not so
much that through his seductive acts the wife
of his friend provbd untkithful; but that the
home of that friend was destroyed—the inno
cent child of that Mend made worse than
motherless—the peace and life prospects of
that friend. blasted, and his confidence in hu
ms nature sheltie. The way- to judge of a
crime like that. of Sekkr is for each one to
bring the ease home and ask himself, what
would he do under similar circumstances.
Would ho sit in the corner and count his beads
like a monk, or would he taketo writing home
lies for the public
. press, as some do who are
so wouder fi illy afr aid that newspaper Editors
who do not madam Bieffiet with vituperative
epithets, will set si ba4 example to the rising
generation. It is a biaatiful saying we know,
and We repeat it adwaks with veneration, "Let
him who is without sin cast the first stone."
But if we carry 'This dommand literally into
practice in every day life there would be more
crimes than seductitin, and more criminals
than he who met *bleed, death upon the streets
ofWashington at thetads of an outraged hus
band, that wouldgenn hipped ofjustice. Admit
all that is charged, Litt Sickles had been guilty
of similar offences innygone days, and you only
admit that the will% tor which he slew Key is
often perpetrated, and in too many instances
does not meet the condign punishment it de
serves. Admit that ,a man may seduce your
wife, your daughter,;or your sister, and yet
walk in the bright kunshine, and brave the
right arm of retributfire justice and tiefy the
injured, and you -eottntenanee that cowardly
libertinism which sects its gratification in the
destruction of familiy, tics and the pollution of
happy homes. "Obedience to the law, under
the severest trials," l is doubtless a "test of
good citizenship;" ;but when we refute to
"frame laws" that Will adequately punish a
class of crime alrouly too prevalent—when
"society" courts the criminal while he lives,
and makes a martyr of him should he chance
to meet his just deserts at the hands of those
to he has injured—neither moralists, nor Edi
tors, neither priest or layman, should mourn
over or be astonished at such a result as the
Washington homicide. And thisappears to be
the view, not only o? the secular, but also of
the more sensible of the religious press of the
country, as witness the following from the
New York Evangelist (Presbyterian:)
"It must be con - reseed that the provocation
was beyond almost any power of resistance.—
Such a wrong is made doubly exasperating by
the reflection that it is one for which the law
provides no adequate punishment. Until so
ciety prescribes some penalty for invading the
sanctity of another's home, which shall be in
proportion to the enormity of the guilt, and
until its execution shall be more swift and
certain, men will take law into their own
hands. Who can expect a man, whose blood
is burning with a conviction of household dis
aa...
=ht; tlreume dm arrnger of scorn pointed at
him! and at last, perhaps, to have the de
stroyer of his peace punished by a paltry fine?
No. Until the seducer is not only punished,
but punished in a way to inflict disgrace upon
him, imprisoned, dressed as a felon, put in the
pillory, or subjected to some ignominious pun
ishment which shall brand him asadishonored
man--such tragedies will occur "
stir The Gazelle says that "the Democra
tic County Convention, which assembled at the
Common Council Rouen last Saturday, seems
to have been of an anis-Observer character...
We are happy to say that the assertion of the
(id:elle - in this particular is correct Hereto
fore, when the county has been fully repre
sented,—when every township has sent up
delegates to reflect the voice of the party- : it
has been charged that the Editor of this paper
has invariably shaped the proceedings. True,
this charge was unfounded; but none the less
complimentary, although not so intended.
Now, it is said the booty of Saturday—if it may
be considered to have been a body—was o f au
-anti-observer character... Again we consid
er ourself complimented—for there was no
County Convention. It was a mere sham. and
we were always down on shamus. There Was
not a township, or ward, or borough, (unless
it was Waterford) represented. There was not
a delegate from a township except Millcreek,
and they were self constituted. The firs; day
the Convention met quite it number of town
ships were represented: but lweause of the
non-attendance of delegates from a majority of
the townships those present adjourned until
Friday of last week Friday came, but not so
the delegates, and then the self-constituted
and self-elected delegates from Erie and Mill
creek proceeded to usurp the funcrins of a
County Convention, appointed delegates to
Harrisburg, who tlitTnt go, nor intend to go
when appoiuted,--and this to in the face of
the earnest protest of the only delegate present
who had a constituency. We refer to the dele
gate for Waterford borough. Tex, Mr. Ga
zitte, it was of an "midi-Observer character;"
for its managers hays neither constituency nor
friends among the Democracy of Erie County
—as we will show them before they are a year
older.
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A Pam TALL IN4:7ir7;ex.—The Kan
sas Herold of FY eal+, edited by our old
friend, Geo. Washington Brown, of con
neautville, thus sum up one week's work
of Gen. Jim Lane, to notorious Kansas
shrioker, and would4be Senator from that
prospective State. The Herald, it should
be recollected, is a decided free state paper:
Gen. James H. Leap, the Kansas hero,
came to Kansas a Pro-Slavery man ; he
tried to buys/am; he sided with the Pro-
Slavery men; ho recognized. the Snit bogus
LeSishaurei tt l wat rying to pit a divorce from
his wife ; the tyre ffuomi; Lane got
mad; and Free-BWe man; *thrived
the Territory, and went fbr a Free Siete be
cause it was not a hip-growing country.
He seduced a woman, got drunk, joined
the Temperance Society, the Chunk, and
r•as elected Unitedstates Senator under
Uuo Topeka Constitution, all in one week.
.s tan
Mir The War De ent have received
adviees from COI.
Be represents thi y as in i healthy
condition, and that the Mormons are very
civil. Letters have aiso been reoeived from
Governor Cumming. The report that the
Mormons would not submit to the civil
authorities is untrue.
sir- A New York 'morning Pl 4 l ) t* saP
" Within one week we have had but five
murders, three rapes, eight auicidee, forty
two bullaries, one hundred and twenty
two ordinary robberieS and not more. than
five hundred assault and butteries."
goad and rg.
SATURDAY NIG .
Tim week is putt; its latest. y
Is vanished with the elosin day ;
And as Sir beyond our p
Its now departed hours to -p,
As tUreeall the moment bright
When first creation sprung to light
The week is past! if it has hrought
Some basmsofsweet and sooihing thought,
If it has left some memory dear
Of heavenly raptures tasted! here,
It has not winged its flight in vain.
Although it ne'er return again. " ,
air ReV. Joss R. HAMILTOI has resumed
the pulpit of the Presbyterian O. S.) church
at Fairview in this county.
Stir The First. Presbyteriani congregation
will worship in Park Hall next Sabbath, morn
ing and evening.
J C. Russo VINCIXT, soil of Judge Vim-
M=AT, of Waterford, died M Fort Dodge. lowa,
on the 28th ult.
Wiir " Wyeutyn de rork" conitritattea'a very
tintertaining article to our colunins to-Any and
promises more in fUture.
R e . Dr. CaArtx, of New York, will
lecture in the Universalist. churl* -ow-Woilnes
day evening next. •
The Gazette threatens bit put on a new
dress in "due Beason." We sljnll be glad to
welcome it in a new and clearer, garb.
lia'The next Lecture before , the Irving In
stitute will he delivered on Tuesday evening
next by' Rev. J. 11. Pitstomcv,, in Pork 11811
Subject—Progress en church and !Slat,
"1)r. W. MACKLEY, " fOrtilerly of
city, was recently arrested at Cleveland for
passing counterfeit money—found guilty and
sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary
MM. Gamma W. AREITICKER Ipty hought ”io
I:ll.A.Zitit'S News Depot in the Post
continues the business lie keep- for
hest dailies, weeklies and monthly' , in ill (
country
._ We have received a verimen 4111
The Keystone - a new ltemro rod ie riper
started in Philadelphia, by Jo $ v N.• N. I
It is a very handsome journal. well edited 911 ,
published for $2 per year
leir It appears by late adviemi from Wa , ti
ington city that the name of 11.11,..rt 'oelira
was sent in by the President for the collector
ship of this port, hut rejected in the Senate h
a vote of 35 to 9
Bansis is himself again lie ha+ op
ened a Restaurant iu the basement. west end
of Paragon Block. where he i- prepartsl t.,
cater to the want. tsi his friend Nip • •t1... , n
is kept in his accustpmtsl tip-top st}•ls•
We are gratified to learn that the lloard
of managers of the - Sunbury St Erie It It t .
have decided to stock and run the nttl.l bet Worn
Erie and Warren on their own tteetttutt Tit 1.
it sound policy and will undoulaedly prove
more advantageous than to lease the road to
private parties.
m a r The Dady fours's!, i 4 the title of a
handsome little daily paper jti , t qtirte.l at Dun
kirk, by W. L. CARYKNTIEK. We wi.ll
the publishers abundant success. but don't
he
heTe they can make the enterpri.e pay in that
scraggy locitlity
s ta r By reference to our tow ntiver , i•oonefu.
s. aJll oe seen mr. nar ooposast
of his stock of Millinery ti0..6 t.. Mi.s Cott:
who will continue the business at the tinestore
in Paragon Block. Nliss CoLk has a choice
assortment of goods which she offers at fair
prices. The establishment deserves the pat
ronage of the ladies of Erie and vicinity
Sir Lieut. J SHIRK ha.. been detached
from the steamer Michtput and urdered Ihe
Pacific coast His large circle if friend+ will
regret the necessity whirl' demand. his .lep:tr
lure, and he will heir with him the good
wishes of many citizens, and 'heir prayer fur
a safe voyage and speedy return
Viir The work of demon' ion rolnlneneed
the First Presbyterian church Ott. Lyons 1
last Monday morning While the work wa4
progressing, during the 1' ,of Nlonday.
portion of the gallery gave wad and fell An
examination niIOWNI it to is in 3 very danger
ous condition, and it is a miracle that the ac
cident did not happen sooner when the hoiNe
was occupied by the congregation.
„The Clarion Court 'louse wa. Iturme.l
Down Titurtniny Morning of Iwo week MI the
public records were ttitveti wa. ni.tt the fur
niture from the-office. The 10.+ e-timatr.i
at $12,000, un which there was an in-lir:thee
of $7,000.
Ber Messrs. SULMN SIItIeKI.I%I , (Tell 'IL
clams in Penmanship next Thursday the
instant in Rosentweig's Block Classes meet
at and 7P. M. They come highly rcumi,
mended, mud the specimens herttre us indicate
that they are mastereof the Writing Irt
sarr• Our Meadville neighbor" , are Ig-ain re
joicing in the prospect of a railroad, and „y,11)4
have located the depot. We trust Oulu lot% tog
located the depot, and secured the means, they
will at. once "propel" in completing a road
for the iron horse. They have so often an
nounced the certainly of a road, that we hope
they will get one - this time ..sartin. "tore •
tar The new organ was ti+e•l in the ••erri
cee at Park church lust Sabbath for the first
time. It is a 6ne toned anti powerful morn
tnent, and gives general satisfaction to the
congregation. The brat tune performed was
that grand piece "Ohl Hundred. - and choir
and congregation joined in full ehontm in joy
ful and harmonious strains.
We tender our thank. to our friend:9
for their efforts in increasing our, list of sub
scribers. Quite a large number of new names.:
have been added during the past week,' and
the pleasantest feature is that nearly all pay
in advance. Such evidences of approval are
exceedingly gratifying,•and encourage us to
reneved effort to mare our paper interesting
and attractive.
sift. We understand that at a meeting of
the M. E. congregation held last Tuesday
evening, it .111U1 determined to erect a nrw
Church edifice. The building will. we are
told, probably cost $lO,OOO or $12.000, and
work will be commenced early in the season.
The site for the new church has not been fixed
upon.
INS,,Arnotrg the many Hue improvements in
our city during the past year the new brick
block of J. H. Ittinwr, adjoining the Perry
Block, is one of the most substantial and beau
tiful. Mr. Ittnt.wr has on sale a splendid stock
of the best futtriture ever sold in the city, and
his Furniturt Rooms will compare favorably
with those of iarger cities. He sells at very
fair prices and deserves the patronage pf the
community: ;It is worth while for our friends
to call and age his stock of Furniture. even if
they do not wish to purchase.
ssi., We learn that Mr. DAVID M. CLZRA
IIAN, of Waterford tp., was severely injured by
a blow fruta a falling tree on Tuesday last,
and at last aecouttle was in a critical condi
tion. He was engaged in getting out ties for
the Sunbury and Erie Road, in Green town
ship.
oar When you want a good thing for your
wife, daughter, sister or sweetheart, get Ginn-
NY's LADY'S BOOK. It will make their eyes
brighten with gladness every time it comes.
It is without doubt the most popular ladies
magazine in time world. It abounds with
choice articles from the pens of the best writ
ers. Its engravings and illustrations are exe
cuted in the finest style of the art, and as near
perfection as any thing can be. The Fashion
Plates alone are worth twice the price of sub
ziev‘suion. The April number is on our table
and ontaina a vast_ amount of readable articles
. and 4, large number of spirited engravings.
We w1,1 4t furnish the LADY'S Book and TUR
l
(instait both ode year for $3, in advance.
Send in our names, ladies, and get the best
magazine a the best paper in the State.
,garl i fhe March number of the " DCMOCTai IC
Age ci ains a spirited article highly eulogis
tic of Dot Rick. It speaks in. the strongest
terms of praise iif the popular humorist, and
notices at lengtilt the wonderful horse ••Excel
sior. Mr ltii;r. is now an his farewell tour
through the Uniteil Slates, and has had a very
profitable run to Niblo's Theatre. New York,
for several weeks. At present he is performing
at t he National in Philadelphia, to cruwvled
houses.. His performances with -Excelsior
are superior to any of the exhibitions of the
celebrated Mr flarcy 4if horse taming noto
riety The last time we Saw Itts he antiouneed
his willingness to Live Rani I ine Thousand
Ih liars r he would sticcevil lit gctiing into
• Excel...lor% , ' stall awl put a bridle on him
V F.% .0".41 ITEMS HThe Sp,efator -
nesdity COW !tin! , the rilllllW ing Iht Saturday
evening last, int‘id Daltle and his three SoliS,
Of It "elk 1:1,11,1 t p , were ehnitilitted to jail on in
formation of .1 Eekal#lrger, charging them
with having rause , ' the, death of 10..0n age.l
Id It'tn, oti the '..!s•th nit Unhle, it pis•ar.,
had 'wen engaged ill rolling log. down a
"Slide at a saw mill, and the boy having got
in the way .1 lorz • pa..ell over him, erushing
him: to death I 111 the one hand, it IM :dirge , '
to'have been •Wrelental, while the friends of
the he,, charge t Act as intentional
—.l Welker, hailing frwit VPI.4 140.11:P
ill j•klt nn h 1 nI lny, ,liarge.l with
3 NV:lark 311.1 holt] , lit.sllCy t Mt. limiter."
Twm.st•l Thy Is itch wa. b nn , l nl. a hi
per4on
ekdr• IC6ilr wean 1,-rsng i rtiy , t
other I...rhstp. nut -4,1011,11 l'nernis
wOlll.l •11111.1Ig onr I.li+i-
HP , . 11.1 . ! V. e s I% el e 1111•11•14 , 1 L t Ihe 1•11-tle
.m.11.1/.1.11 :tpre-tr met Dr)
Ecrlidnic 111,11141 n Our
II 1- 4/, cliaracirri.ll,• of
in , wmere , l our way
ritrmigh Ilte ) •Nix)it an* a% 4 , 1 ,hin• h4op•-
in;r o ti n , l m the ehs ter of the etvit, .1 Imyers
the li•xt - 1.,1 • • loe•11 item 11r wore I.
111 , 43111POiniell, • 111.11'101111. •he 1111111 d ,"
" it lovely, :%tt.l —llOll, Owl. Were
tlu •t•lject r4•Twirl:. !Iry ~n
every +pit 5 .., .tlitt.i.riL!
w e in illve•-t An.
ing our tin ince+. there N bur 1 , Inuo kit
'HMV 1. our
Tilly nothing except •ithl hitter , :
\,w twing in, line:l to in:lnit.-, in till: luxury,
wt• inv,410.1 •• dime' in a ,11:tif :wire of
roverit of E.lii..r.,
tin) r Dry 4;,..414
L:11 it:. NIAR•Ii I I, I N.',9
F V.,- , 4.-11}.‘n Sin • —ln your
puper of the . - .11 you g3Ve as the southern
..f the new Stitt. of I the 1.1.1
por.lll , ' The southern litin.lnry .4 the terri
tory w ti:. 1 . 2.1 lurallel. the wt.. of (*.ingrss
making i'.ll l l,.rnio n State rm.... th e northern
houtel tty :It the '1'2.1. and also the :let tuaktng
Utah .1 territory. netkes the •tione its northern
to reference t.o .t map jolt will
eeth•u the I,:d rortnillel i the•tottth
ern 6 , tuu , ltrti , •t the St•lte tot ()repot).
there will 100 , tvirr.,w nip 101 mil.•+ wide gill
hi•twern 1 ln.l 6 .41 , 1 11014 , ).4•lWeelli tl
I14•W St .111. on Ow non atnl 1 t
on Inv whii•li will helmiK lo the
ing p..rtn.n "f Ureg totrih.ry I think ..nr
T.ul I II lye (... mud' .vnqo
to lc.t~r ~ti that drip fr..ni the Stn't• I
wi , ll to kplw if that art t.lr I. 4..0 reel in 114:
hoitti.lary iii , wering hi- ton •
will eioifvr 3 favor upon n Kt. orii
It Li.LN The ari tele have rel.' I
plr Old I :.1 This viii.taki.
ail rthiii,..l t. 3 Itp , ty.riphiv -I I
:.;% A(.114.NT oN THI: I,%kE
1,10 , t N1.11 , 1 . 1N In II
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I:ef,,r.• I •ir
fury I 411 . eoW
:111 -difficult y
u:nr- P.11t . .1 Wil It
III:1.11' Th.' II W
azi4l he crew were .4
t. k . he :On
litat/i when they Otne :i.h”re The
witenipte,l to N,11..w. but al.tul :1 . 1 11 or
ter or :1 111111. front tht hene , .ll pier Iv:v. , C31..11
etl The ..t,win raged with , uch :t. t,
make it exeeciling,.l ilangerioN to vo to the
h o i, l t hey.tw'l~ of Ilse U S
the -ii•hootter Vary 11 , ,ri ,, t4 were
ititniethitely rirttmed and qtarteil for the .nine
.if the di.i:oilet With the itittio , it difficulty
they nt.tile their way through the channel and
.itteceeile.l in re:telling the drowning. men, Iwo
of whom were reQetted, lull a third, FRI:I , I.M. Ws
RINDERCEI us,it 11:11( t.r. ) ther of IVy
DERNFCHT. Relit down ).irgere inee ~r-rived
rived and could not he found lip t., the hint
of„wriiing, remain. , have n.., been ree,rcer
ed R•e helieve he ‘ll.l Illoi co the ash-
ermen's erew, hut in this instance went out for
the sak - e or the ride Ile was a young mau of
excellent character and is deeply lamented by
all who knew him. ❑e was IT years old. This
terrible affliction falls with crushing foriai up
on his Widowed mother, and the other mem
bers of the family. The anguish of the bereav
ed mother is truly heart-rending.
The 14 lorni continued with tinallated fury un
til late at night, and the other vessels fearing
to venture homewards put towards the Canada
shore, On Thursday afternoon they returned
having made the royageorith safety
('orrr l'not.h.gotsus.—A special tenni of
Quarter Session, was held this week, Judge
Dentegsost presiding, to dispose of the unfin
ished business, principally of Feb. Term. ilmt
week having been ,litirely occupied with' . the
trial - of . Riddell an I
d Foust for murder. No
eases of general interest came before theedurt.
Indeed the colored population seemed ( 0 4- en
gage a large portion ‘if the time in the adjudi
cation of their domestic infelicities; perhaps
they were merely testing whether they loot
“any rights that white men or any body 'else
were bound to respect." Certainly the unu
sually large attendance of sallow+ sallles du
ring the week, gave strung color to such B Bur
mine
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1110 1%111.1 1., .• Lad t I
1 . 01111 , 1e1 l• I y
1.1 U.O I hei r
Common w edit h en. Goo. e
for Larceny and resisting public officer, D im
Attorney Sill for prosecution, Marshall for 41 e .
fence. Deft., as was alleged, not having the
tear of Conrad Brown, Jr., before his eye s ,
laid his peeks'e and felonious bands upon some
nice corn belonging to said Brown. Upon
search being made, defendant interfered most
vigorously to prevent the officer from perform
lug his duty. Whereupon he was removed to
the imposing palatial edifice on Fifth avenue,
just behind the Court Mouse. At the trial,
notwithstanding several ears of the corn
were laid on the table, George stoutly re
fused to "acknowledge the corn." To the
jury, however, the "ear marks" were so plain
ly discernible, that they brought in a verdict
of guilty. Getting "corned" at other peoplen
expense is frepuently attended with very incon
-venient consequences.
Commonwealth.vs. W. H. Mtn—Assault A
Battery. Dist. Attorney prosec l u n ton, Walker
p
defence. It was contendedon of the pros
ecution, that defendant had exercised unneces
sary severity in punishing a young girl about
fifteen years of age. The instrUment of for
ure, a small switch, was exhibited ; the wound.‘
adequately describe it in the evidence, and an
immense stock of pathos entirely used up by
Counsel for prosecution in his argument, but
all to uo purpose; the jury believing that there
is fully as much virtue in a birch switch as there
is in poetry, test Bled to t he efficacy of Mr. Clute's
system, by declaring him "all right on the
goose," and putting the costs on the prosecu
tor. The schoolmaster, it not abroad, is tier-
tainly ahead this time.
Commonwealth vs. Mrs. Sprague—Assault St
Battery, Thompson, prosecution, Lane defence
Mr.. Ellen Leary, the prosecutrix, informe d
the Court and Jury in a style commendable at
least fur its vigor, if not for its elegance, that
she had endured much affliction, owing to the
disposition of defendant at various times to in
terfere with her in the discharge of her domestic
duties The hone of contention, seemed to he
nothing more or less than a pet cat; whether
,1 the malt eme .pecies or Jim Stewart's celehra
led two dollar Rocky 'Mountain cat did not
appear in evidence--owingto which fact doubt
11:4w, the Jury left the matter rn alatn ?PI. alit,
by pronouncing the defendant not
guirt‘y, but Ordering her to pay the costs
Cheap enough for -uch a valuable insect a. 4 .t
l'ontinonwealth Ilaccus—Selling
liquor without license. Dist. Attorney for
proseeution, Lane defence Wash. Williams.
311.1 one or two other. haring looked through
the hey -hole of the ••Doetur'... saloon, discet
ere.l the •• Doc( or" dealing out 4)eer to certain
prominent citizen!. or the City, contrary to
.undry aert., 4--euitily, in Ate!' cases Made
ant provt.led Whereupon, having a due re
gard for the ol,+ervanee of the law, they ap
peared and .stated accordingly
The ••lioetor, it ..eetu., had a license, hut it
ILTlfort II flat eiy Wit•• not dated far enough beck
t.. -kiver accident. The Jury, however,
with a worthy tle.dre to accommoilate the law
to the Cum , . declared him nut guilty, but that
he pay .\ll ..1 which John will of
citric do
Com mon weal tli T 4. W in. Messick, Thos. Dor
L•ii Will iam,, June' and Davis.—Riot
Lane for pro,eent inn, Walker and 1)e Camp fer
.lefenee. Mt- wa, a a , lark case, a regular
—nigger' melee befendants some timelast fall
or winter went into Bacem; saloon, and citherbe
eau-e he did or did not give them beer, we for
._et which, they fell upon hint and beat bun
ierely and while 11e. , ick and f..uu/e of the
other, were heating Baimus . "Old Wtoh,
he b, .4pent hi. tune 111031 industrion4l)
in preventing otati , ider. from interfering h ,
stop the light .111 thi• they did according t ,
the indictment. contrary to the peace and dig
nit) of the Commonwealth of Penny ii slam go
the Jury after 3 .hurt con-ultatton returned
the whore hatch. labeled guilty.
wealth r. John Ilernirickg—lndiet
ed for 'a:lining good., under false pretence•
Sill for prosecutin, Gottwald' for defence
Verdict, not guilty, and pro.ecutor pay the
IZEI
Commonwealth v.. Hyroninms Hugel MI , I
Sylve.ter Hugel—lndicted for stealing corn
from ('oural Brown, Jr. Verdict guihy
Commonwealth v. Bani.ter and Meyer.—
Indicted for riot Verdict, nut guilty, and the
ecsinty pa) the emits.
l'ouinionwealth John Palnier—As•mult
Battery Verdict guilty
Commonwealth v.. Perry Jackson—Assault
and Battery with intent to kill. This Wam the
ease whtelt created nu touch excitement to liar
horcreek last tall,' Jackson having attempted
to 1.11"ot Fergu.on and Henry. He succeeded
for a long time in eluding the officers of the
law. Nut at 11 , 1 was taken The Jury found.
hint'guilty
011111110ftWe:lith ' v 4. Steadman— Assault and
Battery Verdict guilty.
mc:o
":.011E SEN , E. -- A gentleman of high f 436111
O.M-14611101n in I ie.110:1 lately made the.
disco% ery that Ime wile was unfaithful to
him. Waiting los opportunity, he found
the guilty pair together, and politely show
ed
t hem the e‘ny to the street door, which
he closed after them. lie then sent a
.ere ant for an undertaker, ordered the
errangements for a funeral, went out cards
of invitation to hts friends, and over the
empty esetlin, performed the ceremony lot
.leparteel wife. This over, he delivered
IIn• light hurdle!) to the hearse, and once
more addre-Aing his friends, called foe
their (sem:mutilations ujsm the fact that
he. was IloW a widower—ulloll Which, Opt.n -
Ing the loh ling elesers, he introducett them
to et splendidly prepateel feast. The gaye
ties which thus intnxluceel hie happy re
turn to -single life" were podonged till
morning.
um, We think there is good sense in a
-ugge,t ion made b) an ineriea n who t has
writes front Lotehm: -In the churches,
111 , ..VCr comes first, whether gentleman
or lad), takes the further seat in the slip,
and t In..e that follow fill up the remaining
-eats, aml thus prevent the awkward dis
t urlmnee which()Cents hi our churchbs here
in rho protseSS of filing in and out by men.
in order to isolate women at the furthet
end of the pew. It is said the habit so
tiniver:al among us, originatt.4l with the
earl) •:ettlers, who sat near the doors of the
pews, so that in case of an attack by the
Indian, they might be ready for action.—
In many instances this marching out and
in, like a parcel of soldiers, is a perfect
nuisance, and the custom might well be
changesl."
lel_ A proud man is a fool in fermenta
tion, , welling and boiling like a porridge
-1.,t. He sets his feathers like an owl, to
swell and seem bigger than he is. He is
troubled with an inflammation of self-con
ceit, that renders him the man of paste
lxx►rd, and a true buckram knight. He
has given himself sympathetic love-powder,
that works upon him to dotage, and trans
forms himself into his own,mistress, making
mist passionate court to his own dear pet
fections, and worshipping his own image
Alt his upper stories are crammed with
masses of spongy substances, ; occupying
much space : as feathers and cotton will
stuff cushions better than things of more
compact and solid proportion.
MATTER AND MlND.—Every operation in
witure, or the world of matter, has its
ontnterpart in the spirit or world of mind
Hence the student must become thorough
lv versed in the Objective, before he enter
the subjective region: otherwise he ma”
under the accusation of being unable
to read.